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Notification

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NOTIFICATION
Important dates :
25-10-2011
ii) Last date for receiving the printout of online Application
Form (2 copies), Attendance Slip (one copy) and
Admission Card (one copy) at the respective test centre
opted by the candidate (with fee receipt & category
certificate(s) )
NOTE :
i) Last date for Applying On-Line
31-10-2011
PRINTOUT OF ON-LINE APPLICATION FORM SENT
DIRECTLY TO THE UGC OFFICE WILL NOT BE
ENTERTAINED.
1) i) Before submission of the online Application Form, the candidate should read this notification carefully
ii) The University Grants Commission announces holding of the National Eligibility Test
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(NET) on 24 December 2011 (SATURDAY) for determining the eligibility of Indian nationals for
the Award of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship in Indian universities and
colleges. UGC will conduct NET in 78 subjects (listed under item no. 9) at 74 (Seventy four) selected
University Centres (listed under Item no. 10) spread across the country.
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The result of the UGC-NET held on 26 June 2011 and the one to be held on 24 December,2011 will be
made available on the UGC websites:www.ugc.ac.in and www.ugcnetonline.in as and when it is
declared. The candidates will not be individually intimated about their result.
The candidates who qualify for the award of Junior Research Fellowship are eligible to pursue research in
the subject of their post-graduation or in a related subject and are also eligible for lectureship. The
universities, institutions, IITs and other national organizations may select the JRF awardees for whole time
research work in accordance with the procedure prescribed by them. The award of JRF will depend on the
performance of the candidate in all three papers of NET. However, the candidates qualifying exclusively for
lectureship will not be considered for award of JRF. Candidates appearing in NET should clearly specify in
the prescribed Application Form whether they are applying for both JRF & eligibility for Lectureship OR only
for eligibility for Lectureship. Candidates who qualify the Test for eligibility for Lectureship will be governed
by the rules and regulations for recruitment of lecturers of the concerned universities/colleges/state
governments, as the case may be.
Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Visually Handicapped (VH)/Physically Handicapped (PH) /
Other Backward Classes (OBC) (Non-creamy layer), as per the central list of Other Backward Classes
available on National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC), Government of India website
: www.ncbc.nic.in, candidates will be given such special concessions as may be decided by the
Commission.
2) JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP:
Candidates qualifying for the award of Junior Research Fellowship will be eligible to receive fellowship of
UGC under various schemes, subject to their finding placement in universities/IITs/institutions. The validity
period of the offer is two years w.e.f. the date of issue of JRF Award Letter. However, in case the
candidates who have already joined M.Phil/Ph.D., the date of commencement of fellowship shall be from
the date of declaration of NET result or date of their joining, whichever is later.
3) CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY :
i) Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master‟s Degree OR equivalent
examination from universities/institutions recognised by UGC in Humanities (including languages) and Social
Sciences, Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible for this Test. The Scheduled
Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Physically Handicapped (PH)/Visually Handicapped (VH) category
candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master‟s degree or equivalent

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examination are eligible for this Test.
ii) Candidates who have appeared OR will be appearing at the qualifying Master‟s degree (final year)
examination and whose result is still awaitedOR candidates whose qualifying examinations have been
delayed may also apply for this Test. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be
considered eligible for award of JRF/Lectureship eligibility only after they have passed their Master‟s degree
examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks (50% marks in case of SC/ST/PH/VH category
candidates). Such candidates must complete their P.G. degree examination within two years from the date of
NET result with required percentage of marks, failing which they shall be treated as disqualified.
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iii) The Ph.D. degree holders whose Master‟s level examination had been completed by 19 September, 1991
(irrespective of date of declaration of result) shall be eligible for a relaxation of 5% in aggregate marks (i.e.,
from 55% to 50%) for appearing in NET.
iv) Candidates are advised to appear in the subject of their post-graduation only. The candidates whose postgraduation subject is not covered in the list of subjects in item No. 9, may appear in a related subject.
v) Candidates seeking concession in fee are required to submit attested copy of their OBC (Non-creamy
layer)/SC/ST/PH/VH certificate along with online printout of their Application Forms (obtained while applying
on-line). Other candidates are not required to submit any certificates/documents in support of their eligibility
alongwith printout of their Application Form. Therefore, the candidates, in their own interest, must satisfy
themselves about their eligibility for the Test. In the event of any ineligibility being detected by the
Commission at any stage, their candidature will be cancelled and they shall be liable for legal action.
vi) Candidates with post-graduate diploma/certificate course(s), should in their own interest, ascertain the
equivalence of their course(s) with Master‟s degree of recognized Indian universities from Association of
Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi. (www.aiuweb.org)
4) AGE LIMIT & RELAXATION :
i) Junior Research Fellowship: Not more than 28 years as on 01.12.2011. A relaxation upto 5 years is
provided to the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC/PH/VH categories and to women applicants. Relaxation
will also be provided to the candidates having research experience, limited to the period spent on research in
the relevant/related subject of post-graduation degree, subject to a maximum of 5 years, on production of a
certificate from appropriate authority. Three years‟ relaxation in age will be permissible to the candidates
possessing L.L.M. Degree. Total age relaxation on the above ground(s) shall not exceed five years under any
circumstances.
ii) Lectureship: There is no upper age limit for applying for lectureship eligibility.
5) EXEMPTION (ELIGIBILITY FOR LECTURESHIP) :
i) NET/SLET/SET shall remain the minimum eligibility condition for recruitment and appointment of
Assistant Professors in Universities/ Colleges/Institutions. Provided however, that candidates,
who are or have been awarded a Ph. D. Degree in accordance with the University Grants
Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2009,
shall be exempted from the requirement of the minimum eligibility condition of NET/SLET/SET for
recruitment and appointment of Assistant Professor or equivalent positions in Universities/
Colleges/ Institutions.
ii) The candidates who have passed the UGC/CSIR JRF examination prior to 1989 are also exempted from
appearing in NET.
iii) For SET Candidates: The candidates who have cleared the State Eligibility Test (SET) accredited by
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UGC for eligibility for Lectureship held prior to 1 June 2002, are exempted from appearing in NET, being
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eligible to apply for Lectureship anywhere in India. For SET held from 1 June 2002 onwards, the qualified
candidates are eligible to apply for the post of lecturer only in the universities/ colleges belonging to the
state from where they have cleared their SET.
6) EXAMINATION FEE AND MODE OF PAYMENT :
For General candidates, the examination fee is Rs.450/-; for Other Backward Classes (Non-creamy layer,
as per the Central list of OBC available on website : www.ncbc.nic.in ), the fee is Rs. 225/- and for
SC/ST/PH/VH candidates, it is Rs. 110/-. The candidate is expected to fill the Bank Challan Form in

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triplicate (Bank Copy, UGC Copy & Candidate‟s Copy) as given in the Notification. All the three copies of
the Challan Form have to be submitted in any branch of State Bank of India along with the bank charges
(commission) of Rs.20/-. The bank will retain one copy and return two copies of the challan to the
candidate. The candidate has to attach the UGC copy of the challan with the printout of online Application
Form which he/she has to submit to the Registrar of UGC-NET Centre opted by the candidate.
Please note that fee submitted by any other mode like money order, demand draft, IPO etc. will be
rejected. Fee once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
7) SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST :
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i) The Test will consist of three papers. All the three papers will be held on 24 December 2011
(SATURDAY) in two separate sessions as under:
Session
Paper
Marks
Duration
First
I
100
1¼ Hours (09.30 A.M. to 10.45 A.M.)
First
II
100
1¼ Hours (10.45 A.M. to 12.00 NOON)
Second
III
200
2½ Hours (01.30 P.M. to 04.00 P.M.)
Paper-I shall be of general nature, intended to assess the teaching/research aptitude of the candidate. It
will primarily be designed to test reasoning ability, comprehension, divergent thinking and general
awareness of the candidate. UGC has decided to provide choice to the candidates from the December
2009 UGC-NET onwards. Sixty (60) multiple choice questions of two marks each will be given, out of
which the candidate would be required to answer any fifty (50). In the event of the candidate attempting
more than fifty questions, the first fifty questions attempted by the candidate would be evaluated.
Paper-II shall consist of questions based on the subject selected by the candidate. Each of these papers
will consist of a Test Booklet containing 50 compulsory objective type questions of two marks each.
The candidate will have to mark the responses for questions of Paper-I and Paper-II on the Optical Mark
Reader (OMR) sheet provided along with the Test Booklet. The detailed instructions for filling up the OMR
Sheet will be sent to the candidate along with the Admit Card.
Paper-III will consist of only descriptive questions from the subject selected by the candidate. The
candidate will be required to attempt questions in the space provided in the Test Booklet. The structure
of Paper-III has been revised from June 2010 UGC-NET and is available on the UGC
website www.ugc.ac.in.
Paper-III will be evaluated only for those candidates who are able to secure the minimum qualifying marks
in Paper-I and Paper-II, as per the table given in the following:
CATEGORY
GENERAL
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)
/PH/VH
SC/ST
PAPER - I
40
MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS
PAPER - II
PAPER - I + PAPER - II
40
100 (50 %)
35
35
90 (45 %)
35
35
80 (40 %)
The minimum qualifying criteria for award of JRF is as follows:
CATEGORY
GENERAL
OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)
/PH/VH
SC/ST
PAPER - I
40
MINIMUM QUALIFYING MARKS
PAPER - I + PAPER PAPER - II
II
40
100 (50 %)
PAPER - III
100 (50 %)
35
35
90 (45 %)
90 (45 %)
35
35
80 (40 %)
80 (40 %)
However, the final qualifying criteria for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lectureship
shall be decided by UGC before declaration of result.
ii) For Visually Handicapped (VH) candidates thirty minutes‟ extra time shall be provided separately for

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paper-I and Paper-II. For paper-III, forty five minutes‟ extra time shall be provided. They will also be
provided the services of a scribe who would be a graduate in a subject other than that of the candidate.
Those Physically Handicapped (PH) candidates who are not in a position to write in their own handwriting can also avail these services by making prior request (at least one week before the date of UGCNET) in writing to the Co-ordinator of the test centre. Extra time and facility of scribe would not be
provided to other Physically Handicapped candidates.
iii) Syllabus of Test: Syllabi for all NET subjects can be downloaded from the UGC
Website www.ugc.ac.in and are also available in the libraries of all Indian universities. UGC will not send
the syllabus to individual candidates.
iv) In Paper III, candidate has the option to answer either in Hindi or in English in all subjects except
the languages where the candidate is required to write in the concerned language only. In case of
Computer Science & Applications, Electronic Science and Environmental Sciences, the question papers
have to be answered in English only.
v) In case of any discrepancy found in the English and Hindi versions, the questions in English version shall
be taken as final.
8) IMPORTANT :
i) The national level Test for determining the eligibility of candidates for the award of Junior Research
Fellowship/Lectureship in science subjects (Chemical Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary
Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences; Physical Sciences) is conducted jointly with the Council
of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi. The candidates in these science subjects,
desirous of availing UGC-JRF or obtaining eligibility for Lectureship in these subjects are advised to
appear in the Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship
conducted by CSIR.
ii) The UGC-NET for JRF/eligibility for Lectureship will be held at the University Test Centres specified in the
list under item No. 10. PLEASE NOTE THAT CHANGE OF CENTRE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER
ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
9) SUBJECTS :
The list of NET subjects along with their respective codes is as given below:
Subject Code Name of the Subject
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
Economics
Political Science
Philosophy
Psychology
Sociology
History
Anthropology
Commerce
Education
Social Work
Defence and Strategic Studies
Home Science
Public Administration
Population Studies*
Music
Management
Maithili
Bengali
Hindi
Kannada
Malayalam
Oriya
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Tamil
Telugu

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v) SC/ST/PH/VH candidates and candidates belonging to OBC (non-creamy layer) (as per the Central
list of OBC available on website :www.ncbc.nic.in) must enclose the attested copy of certificate for
the same.
vi) Candidates seeking age relaxation must enclose the certificate of educational qualification/research
experience entitling the candidates for age relaxation. (for details, please see item no. 4).
vii) The Application (consisting of two copies of printout of online application form, one copy of
Attendance Slip and one copy of Admission Card) alongwith required documents (as mentioned in
item No. 13) must reach the Registrar of the University (UGC Test Centre) on or before 31.10.2011.
viii) Application received after 31.10.2011 at the Test Centre will be rejected.
ix) Before applying Online, candidates are advised to go through detailed notification available on UGC
website and to be published in the Employment News. Please note that Fee submitted through any
other mode like Money Order, Demand Draft, IPO etc. will be summarily rejected.
x) The envelope containing the Application Form should be superscribed “UGC NATIONAL
ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AND ELIGIBILITY FOR
LECTURESHIP, DECEMBER 2011”.
xi) The candidates must affix their recent identical passport size photographs, at the places indicated,
on the printout of Online Application Form and must sign across the photograph after it is affixed so
that a part of the signature spreads over the Application Form beyond the photograph. Besides, it
should be duly attested by the Head of the University Department/Principal of the College/Class-I
Gazetted Officer.
xii) In order to avoid last minute rush, the candidates are advised to apply early enough. UGC will not
be responsible for network problems or any other problem of this nature in submission of online
application during last days.
12) GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
i) The candidates must read the conditions of eligibility as given at item no. 3 carefully and must satisfy
themselves regarding their eligibility for the Test before filling the online application and submitting the
printout of Online Application Forms.
ii) Candidates will be issued the Admission Card by the respective Test Centres after allotment of test venue.
Candidates should note that their candidature is strictly provisional. The mere fact that Admission Card has
been issued to any candidate shall not imply that the Commission has finally accepted his/her candidature.
iii) UGC may change the centre(s) or date of examination without assigning any reason.
iv) Applications received after the last date will not be entertained.
v) No TA will be paid to the candidates.
vi) Canvassing in any form will disqualify the candidate.
vii) The decision of the Commission shall be final in all matters.
viii) All legal disputes pertaining to this Test shall fall within the jurisdiction of Delhi Courts only.
ix) Candidates should correspond only with their respective Test centres for Admission Card or any other
relevant information. UGC will not entertain any requests/queries in this regard.
x) The use of calculators or Log Tables is not permitted. Mobile phones, pagers and electronic devices etc.
are not allowed in the Examination Hall/Room.
xi) A candidate who does not appear in paper-I, will not be permitted to appear in paper-II and paper-III.
xii) Candidates will not be allowed to write any question from the Test Booklet on the Admission Card or on
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xiii) Those candidates who do not receive their Admission Card (Roll Number) after allotment of the Venue of
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Test by the Co-ordinator of the respective Centre for appearing in the UGC-NET till 19 December 2011,
are advised to contact the office of Registrar/Co-ordinator of their UGC-NET Centres from 20th to
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23 December 2011, with the copy of Admission Card (Provisional) and two identical passport-size
photographs duly attested by a gazetted officer. No Admission Card (Roll Number) will be issued on the
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day of the Test (i.e. 24 December 2011). UGC will not be responsible for any delay/non-receipt of the
Admission card.
Those candidates who have received the Admission Card (Roll Number) from the Test Centre without
mentioning venue of Test ( or venue of Test is not clear) are advised to immediately contact the office of
Registrar/Co-ordinator of their UGC-NET Centre well in advance before the date of examination (i.e. 2412-2011).
xiv) The descriptive paper, i.e., Paper-III of language subjects must be answered in the concerned language
only.
xv) Candidates should ensure that the signatures appended and photographs pasted by them in all the places,
viz. in their Application Form, Attendance Slip and Admission Card should be identical and there should be
no variation of any kind.
xvi) The candidates in their own interest are requested to retain a photocopy of the Application Form,
Admission Card and Attendance Slip for record.
xvii) Applications submitted on any other format (including old UGC format) will not be accepted.
xviii) Printout of online application sent directly to the UGC will not be accepted.
xix) Applications received after the last date (i.e. 31.10.2011) at the test centre will not be accepted.
xx) Submission of Online Application is mandatory. Hard copies submitted to the Test Centre without online
submission, will not be accepted.
xxi) Application Form must be completed in all respect as per the Notification.
xxii) All incomplete Application Forms will be rejected.
xxiii) UGC will not issue any mark sheet to qualified/non qualified candidates. There is no provision for reevaluation of papers.
13) ENCLOSURES TO BE SENT WITH THE APPLICATION
The candidates should send the following documents with printout on separate A-4 size papers of their online
Application Form (two copies), Attendance Slip (one copy) and Admission Card (one copy) :i)
Copy of Bank Challan (UGC copy).
ii)
Attested copies of SC/ST/Visually Handicapped/Physically Handicapped/ OBC (Non creamy layer)
certificates, in case applicable.
iii)
Certificate of educational qualification/research experience, in case applicable, entitling the candidate
for age relaxation, duly attested by a Gazetted Officer.
iv)
Two self addressed unstamped envelopes of 10” X 4” size.
14)
CHECK LIST FOR FILLING THE ONLINE APPLICATION FORM
The candidates are advised to ensure the following points before filling the Online Application Forms:
i)
Whether they fulfil the eligibility conditions for the Test as prescribed under the heading „CONDITIONS
OF ELIGIBILITY‟ and „AGE LIMIT‟.
ii)
That they have filled their CATEGORY, viz., GEN/SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer), in the relevant
column correctly.